Mandrel and core assembly for large format cameras
AssigneeVisual Graphics Corporation
InventorQuentin D. Vaughan
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Abstract
A combined mandrel and core assembly for a camera in which an elongated, cylindrical hollow core, upon which a roll of photosensitive material is carried, is supported by a cylindrical mandrel rotatably mounted within the camera. A spring loaded detent within a slot in the mandrel extends through the slot into a complimentary slot at the midpoint between the ends of the core. The mandrel slot is precisely located upon the longitudinal optical axis of the camera's image plane. The core and its photosensitive material are thereby quickly and accurately positioned along said optical axis. Different widths of photosensitive material may be used upon the same mandrel.
Claims6
A mandrel and core assembly for supporting rolls of photosensitive material within a camera comprising an elongated, cylindrical mandrel, means at each end of said mandrel to rotatably secure it within the camera, a first slot in the mandrel located between the ends of the mandrel, normal to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel, and upon the longitudinal optical axis of the image plane of the camera, a detent yieldably carried by the mandrel within the first slot extending through the said slot and beyond the outer surface of the mandrel, an elongated, hollow core, said core having a cylindrical core body adopted to carry a roll of photosensitive material thereon and slidably receivable upon the mandrel, and a second slot in the core body midway between the ends thereof of a size to receive the detent therein to couple the core and mandrel together.
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